Apr 23, 2015 2 min read

Washington & Jefferson College announced its 17th Athletic Hall of Fame class Thursday. The five new members will be inducted Sept. 11 at the Rossin Campus Center Allen Ballroom.

Chosen for induction are Audrey (Taylor) Bores (water polo), Ray Simms (football), Ron Snee (wrestling), Stephan Swentkowsky (football) and R. Barry Trew (rifle).

Bores (class of 2003) helped usher in an era of water polo excellence for W&J starting with her Division III All-America award in 2000. She established school records for goals (174), assists (97) and points (271), each standing until 2009. Bores was a three-sport athlete as she also was a four-year swimmer as well as being a member of the field hockey team in 2002. She was a two-time Collegiate III National Championships All-Tournament Team choice.

Simms (1958) is the recipient of the Robert M. Murphy Award. The award bestows special recognition, in Murphy’s name, to selected athletes who exemplify outstanding lifetime achievements. In football, Simms was selected to the all-district team following the 1956 and ’57 seasons. Simms earned six varsity letters.

Snee won the 147-pound Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship in 1963 with a 14-0 record, becoming the fifth wrestler in school history to win a league title. Snee compiled one of the best records (42-10-1) in school history. As a junior, Snee was 11-1 and helped W&J win its first PAC team championship in any sport. After receiving his PhD in Applied and Mathematical statistics from Rutgers, he was appointed to the faculty, later moving to the DuPont Company for whom he worked 24 years prior to starting his management consulting career.

Swentkowsky (1991), the 1989 PAC and Observer-Reporter Defensive Player of the Year, is W&J’s career sacks leader with 43. He is fourth in school history with 56 1/2 tackles for a loss. Swentkowsky was a two-time All-America defensive lineman. During the 1988 season, Swentkowsky set a single-season record with 15 1/2 sacks. He was a two-time First Team All-PAC player and four-year letterman who helped W&J to a 35-5-1 record and four conference championships.

Trew (1959) was the first marksman in collegiate rifle history to receive NRA Intercollegiate All-America honors four straight seasons. Trew won three straight national indoor championships and back-to-back national outdoor titles. He also won the overall national championship five times and was an alternate on the 1960 U.S. Olympic team.